Brake



Patented i923.

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To-allwhomz't mag/concerns" r Be it known that Llfhnmsm Fnsssn, a citizen of the United'St'ates, and a resident of Dobbs Ferry, iii-the; county of West- 'chester and State of New York, have in vented a new and Im roved Brake, of which the. following is a tn 1, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brakes, an object of the invention being to preside an improved brake which is especially olesi ed for use on automobiles or other vehicles,

- engines and machinery, and which utilizes .brake shoes upon a brake drum instead oi the ordinary brake band.

A further object is to provide an improved construction of brake which can replace an ordinary brake band and which will utilize brake shoes having novel mounting and operatingmeans whereby a maximum ofbrakin action is had upon the drum.

lVit-h these and other oh'ects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and ar rangeinents of parts, which will he more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims In the accompanying drawings ,1 Figure 1 is-a view, partly in section but mainly in elevation, illustrating one form of my improved brake;

Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification;

1 represents a wheel fixed'to an axle 2, the latter mounted to turn in a housing 3. 4 represents a brake drum housing and 5 a brake drum, the latter being fixed to turn with the wheel 1, andthe drum housing fixed to turn with the axle housing 3, which is the ordinary construction in general use on automobiles.

In lieu of the ordinary brake band I provide a pair of bra-kc shoes 6 and 7 adapted to engage the drum 5 and mounted in an im proved manner, as will be now described. The brake shoe 6 is pivotally connected intermediate of its ends to an arm 8, the latter being pivotally connected as shown. at 9, to the brake housing 4. This arm 8 has a finger 10 at its free end and coil springs 11 connect this finger with the brake shoe 6 at opposite sides of the pivotal connection 12 between the shoe'and thetsrm 6. These pivotal connections 9 and 2- mm; the-sheet!) move and be drawn in wardly toward the brake drum 5, the springs 11 serving to permit of the desired or necessary pivotal movement of the shoe to insure the proper engagement of the full brakingrsnri'ace of the shoe with the drum.

. he other shoe '2' shove referred to is pivotzgllv connected to the shoulder member of a e supported on a bracket arm 14, said arm he" 'ing secured to the brake housing 4 hybolts or screws 15.

Coil springs 16, corresponding to the springs 1-1 connect the bracket arm 14 with the shoe 7 and function as set forth in connection with the springs 11. A link 17 .pivotally connects one end of shoe 6 with the longer member of the be'ilcrank lever 13 so:

that when said hell crank lever is caused to move on its pivot by means of an operating rod 18, both shoes will he moved siiunltancously. 4

To hold the shoes normally spaced from crank lever 13, the latter pivotally the band I provide a strap, 19 which is connect-cd intermediate its ends to a bracket 20, I

the latter secured to the housing 4. lhis strap 19 at its ends carries rods, 21 which project through perforated lugs 22 on the extremities of the shoes 6 and 7, res ectivcly. Nuts 23 are screwed onto the en s of the rods 21 and have washers 24 adjacentthe nuts with coil springs 25 onithe' rods 21 b9: tween the lugs 22 and the washers 24 so as to exert a certain amount of spring pressure on the shoes, holding them in normal position and tending to return themto normal position out of engagement with the brake drum. r

The operation is as tollowsz. V] hen therod 18 is moved to the right of Figure 1, the lever 13 is swung .on its pivo't indicated by the reference numeral 26, which causes the shoes 6 and 7 to be moved toward each other and also inwardly and engage the brake hand 5 with the desired pressureso as to offer any desired resistance to the turning movement of the wheel. When pressure is relieved on the rod 18, the shoes are returned to their forward positions by the action of the springs '25 and also by the action of the springs 16 and 11. g; In the modification illustrated in Figure 2, I dispense with the arrangement of springs above referred to and provide-a shoe 2.7 pi'v:

brake-drum housing Another slice 3G is r 35 connects the slice 2'? with ilie longer 212m:

of the lever 31.

Figure 2 illustrates the shoes in engagement with the brake drum 5. In o'dicr Words, the shoes are shown in their brak ing position, and when the rod is moved to the loft of Figurc 2 the shoes I! and 30 will be moved away from the drum 5, as will. be readily understood.

Various Sllghl/ changes and s1 lei-anions might be made in the general form of the parts described without dcpm'ting from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details sot forth but consider myself at'iibcrty to'malo no slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended cisims.

I claim:

1. In combination will) a brake drum and brake housing, a. pair of brake shoes, on

'erm pivotally connecting one of said brake shoes to the brake housing, a bell crank lever ivotaliy connected to the brake housing and avin its shorter end pivotziily connected to the ot er of said brakeshocs, and a link oonpivot-ally connecting one. of said slices to the brain-3 liousii'ig, a bell crank lever pin otally connected to the brake housing and;

having its sliortor end pivotslly connecied to the other of said brake shoes, a link connecting the longcr arm of said boil cmnk or with the iii-st mentioned brake shoe, and springs operaizivoly connecting the ronccting the longer arm of said locll crank lover with the firsi mentioned brake shoe,

a strap fixed between its ends to the brake drum housing, rods on the ends of the strap,

spcctive ends of said brake shoes with a.

perforated lugs on the shoes receiving the rods, nuts on the ends of the rods, and springs onthe rods mierposcd between the nuts and tlielugs, i

' ILIJAM FRASER. 

